1,100 hostages. 777 children. ending in the deaths of 380 people. and these were terrorists sent by shimel baziyef who demanded recognition for chech knnya. were these pure chehen separatists or an amalgamation? we don t exactly know because the one, the person who was assumed to be the ringleader in this, and counterterrorism officials i ve been speaking with all day and intelligence officials think the older brother was the ringleader. he s the one who traveled. he s the one who expressed more maturity. people who know the two of them say the younger one was much more of a follower. according to an interview, the father gave to a russian newspaper, the older brother, 26, now dead, was married. he had a 3-year-old child. but he d been effectively living as a stay-at-home dad.